Performance Revue

In these outtakes from the Rodescu Hopkins episode, we divulge many personal tales from the Trigger Warning Open Mic (these stories include Rodescu's first time hosting and a man who tried to sell him a fiefdom in Africa), and we cap it off with the full report of his would-be business dealings with Cards Against Humanity.

Timestamps:

01:20 – My Kyle Parris Impression at Trigger Warning

• Mention of Marc Levalle

3:00 – Rodescu's First Time Hosting Trigger Warning

• Mentions of Jeff Steinberger, Abortion

06:33 – One More Trigger Warning Story

• Mentions of Sonal Aggarwal, Kendrick Lamar, 'To Pimp A Butterfly', 'Barney & Friends'

08:54 – "That guy tried to convince me to be a dictator once"

11:06 – "That guy caught me up in a Nike store"

11:45 – "All those reps don't matter when 400 pounds of dude grabs you by the shoulder"

• Mentions of Josh Johnson, The Attic, Ed Towns, New York

13:01 – The Trigger Warning Documentary Series [In Progress]

15:25 – The Cards Against Humanity Story

• Mentions of Adrienne Brandyburg, 'Dude That's Not What I Meant' Podcast

Rodescu Hopkins engages in a socially-distanced interview about his set at We Still Like You in the before times of July 2019. his stories include peeing in a crowded car during Wrestlemania, getting caught stealing from Whole Foods, and discovering his dead father's porn collection.

Rodescu runs The Trigger Warning Open Mic with his co-host Ed Towns, which has been described as "Stand-Up Boot Camp," and is currently studying film full-time.

Time Stamps:

01:00 – Set from 'We Still Like You'

11:55 – "When did you realize comedy was a thing you could do?"

• Mention of Kim Wayans, 'The Hero's Journey'

15:20 – "I was definitely ready to run"

15:58 – My first time performing stand-up [Jeremy Arroyo]

• Mentions of No Shame Theater, Steven Wright

17:30 – Starting out in Cleveland

• Mention of Bela Dubby

19:30 – Trigger Warning Open Mic, or "boot camp for comedians"

22:36 – The Drop "Cave," Explained

24:45 – "A corporate party showed up"

• Mentions of The Hollywood Grill, Marc Levalle

27:05 – Trying to Move to New York

28:25 – Moving to Chicago

• Addison, Wrigley, Bob King, Mike Robinson, Schuba's, Justin Golak, Jeff Steinberger, Cole's Bar, Ed Towns

31:02 – Ed Towns: Teddy Bear, "We're trying to crush souls"

33:10 – Getting into the Set

34:33 – "Problematic"

36:00 – "Now that we're going steady, I think I'm ready for you to see my act"

37:40 – "You can't fight the wave"

• Mentions of Seinfeld, 'The Dark Knight', Gotham City

39:40 – Cards Against Humanity

• Mentions of Sexual Harassment, Gaslighting, General Douchebaggery

• https://www.vox.com/2020/6/26/21301488/cards-against-humanity-allegations-ironic-humor-racism

• https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/23/21300435/cards-against-humanity-max-temkin-report

• https://www.businessinsider.com/cards-against-humanity-ceo-max-temkin-resigns-racism-sexism-allegations-2020-6

41:15 – Peeing in a White Girl's Car

• Mentions of Miami, Wrestlemania, South Beach, The Clevelander Bar, Bud Light, Ashy Larry, Strip Clubs, The N-Word, Power Moves, 'Insecure', Issa Rae

49:33 – Stealing from Whole Foods

• Mentions of Dragon Fruit, Alpha Brain, Joe Rogan, Amazon, Walter White, Breaking Bad, Heisenberg

52:45 – "Is that sense of shame powerful?"

55:35 – Part I. Finding Your Dead Father's Porn Collection

58:15 – Part II. Your Dead Father Was A Sugar Daddy

1:02:33 – Part III. Your Dead Father Was A Pillar of the Community

• Mentions of Alcoholics Anonymous, Samantha Berkman

1:06:00 – Reviewing the Set

1:09:47 – Current Projects and Final Words

• Rovaughn Hill, Muay Thai Summer, Revenge of the Muay Thai, Trigger Warning Shorts, Brandon Kieffer, Ty Riggs, @triggerwarningcomedy, @ahollywoodjoint, @thehollywoodhopkins, Details, Kobe Bryant, Sonal Aggarwal

Timestamps

02:00 – What have you been doing since the pandemic started?

• Origami, Yoga, Star Trek, Reading, Weed

02:58 – Sending Packets to Late Night Shows

• Mentions of SNL

03:41 – Pitching Ideas in the Writer's Room vs. Performing a Stand-Up Set

04:00 – "If you can pitch, but can't write, you're still useful"

06:01 – "A good producer will cut a good joke just because it doesn't fit in the show"

07:05 – "Conan's people are smart as shit"

• Mention of Masturbating Bear, Triumph the Insult Dog

08:48 – "I've got a political science degree"

• Mentions of Ed Towns

09:40 – "[Ed Towns] thinks I'm a hack"

10:39 – "How many pounds ago did you buy it [the speedo]?"

• Mentions of Miami, Seattle, Cubans

12:25 – "A lot of good music is from Olympia"

• Mentions of NOFX, Nirvana, Aberdeen, Portland, Oregon

12:55 – A Brief Summary of the Northwest

• Mentions of Uwajimaya, Kurt Cobain, Heroin

16:36 – Chicago vs. Seattle Restaurants

• Mentions of Thai, Bhutanese, Japanese, Vietnamese Cuisine

• Bourgeois Restaurants Mentioned: Alinea, Schwa, Elizabeth

• Mention of Badass, Enterprising Chef: Iliana Regan

20:43 – The Impromptu Hobo Tasting Menu Sketch

• Mentions of Chase Bank, Escape Rooms

23:11 – The Origin of the Fez

• Mentions of Shriners, Turkey

23:51 – "A lot of cool shit doesn't happen to me"

24:26 – "I don't like political jokes"

25:22 – From Maz Jobrani to Bill Hicks

• Mentions of 'Better Off Ted', Persians, Russel Peters, 'Crazy Rich Asians', Doug Stanhope, Doug Benson, Bill Hicks

Sohrab Forouzesh engages in a socially-distanced performance review on a set from Strip Joker in 2019. He performed this set wearing a speedo, sunglasses, pasties, a fez, and nothing else.

Sohrab is a comedian, producer, and writer. You may recognize him from The Love Below comedy show, or his work on Group Therapy and 'Hello, It's Hobert!'

Find out more about Sohrab on his website sohrabisbrown.com

View the set at the Performance Revue YouTube channel:

Time Stamps:

01:00 – Strip Joker Set

16:04 – Early Influences (ugh, including Seinfeld)

• Mentions of Jerry Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Comedy Central, Mitch Hedberg, Jim Gaffigan, Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Paula Poundstone, Maria Bamford, Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt

18:51 – Starting Stand-up in College

• Mentions of Dave Chappelle, The Chappelle Show, Nick Swardson, Michigan, The Michigan State Theater

22:50 – Academic Troubles

33:28 – Quitting Comedy in Chicago (and getting back in)

• Mentions of Facebook, New York, cliques

26:12 – "When you first move here [Chicago], it's intimidating"

27:25 – "You're being defensive because it's difficult to accept a compliment"

28:53 – "I have to drag myself to mics"

• Mention of Winslow Dumaine

30:03 – The Science of Stand-Up

• Mentions of Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright, Andrew Dice Clay

31:30 – "Your goal should be to do as many mics as possible until you don't have to do them anymore"

34:35 – "Host your own show. That's the best advice I was ever given"

• Mention of 'The Love Below' comedy show, Hannibal Burress, Cole's Bar

36:53 – Getting into the set

36:58 – The Speedo

37:55 – "I wasn't even born here"

38:12 – The Fez

38:28 – "My mom is the most badass person I know"

• Mentions of Marxism, Persians, Iraq, Prison Gangs, Unions, Unionizing, Government Oppression

40:26 – "Jared Kush-ner"

• Mentions of Marijuana, Jared Kushner

41:29 – "White people" and crowdwork

• Mentions of Zanies, Zookeepers, Trader Joe's, Word Economy

46:46 – "You're bad at racism"

• Mentions of Indiana, The N-Word, Michigan

48: 35 – "Don't call Amish people 'Farm Jews'"

• Mentions of Fundamentalism, Robin Williams, 'Live on Broadway'

50:20 – "Amish people are just cute fundamentalists"

50:34 – "If I was a terrorist, I would have screwed everything up on September 8th"

51:57 – The greatest gift you can give a comedian is material

53:29 – [Factual Error: There were no dinosaurs during the Paleolithic Era]

53:45 – Folding the Flag

53:54 – The Pasties

• Mentions of Strip Joker, Burlesque

54:32 – "I need more fat friends"

55:35 – Reading the Room

56:29 – "No exit strategy"

56:55 – "Wares, silks, and spices" and "Please, my friend, buddy, come on…"

• Discussion of reclaiming Middle Eastern stereotypes

• Mentions of Nintendo Switch, Mario, Mexican Twitter, Sombreros, Best Buy, Amazon, Code Switching, 9/11

1:01:30 – Advertisements in Pornography

1:01:43 – Big Dick Pills

• Mention of 'Big D"k Pills' track from the album 'Shiny Happy Jihad' by Joe Rogan
  • Joe Rogan promotes alt-right and neo-nazi figureheads, while feigning ignorance of their darker motives. I don't care if he once hosted Bernie Sanders and Neil DeGrasse Tyson on his show. He consistently gives fascist wing-nuts (Alex Jones, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Gavin McInnis, and Stephen Molyneux to name just a few) a platform on the biggest podcast in the world. I do not support, endorse, or respect Joe Rogan's flawed logic and terrible opinions. And I certainly don't respect the way he sidesteps any criticism by saying "I'm just a stupid comedian." [End Footnote/Rant]

• Mentions of NACA, Insecurity, Punching Down

1:04:20 – "Middle Eastern people can't lose their temper at airports"

1:04:57 – "I want to hire a white Sherpa"

• Mentions of the film 'Sherpa', Instragram

1:05:58 – "One titty out on an airplane"

• Mentions of Mardi Gras, Breast Feeding

1:07:24 – The Set Revue

• Instagram: @Sohrabisbrown, Youtube Channel

1:09:25 – Final Words

Winslow Dumaine reveals the myriad of projects he has undertaken during the pandemic, from organizing, donating, and protesting, to taking another deep dive back into his ever-growing Tarot Restless universe.

Winslow is a writer, artist, comedian, and merch wizard. You may recognize him from opening for Kyle Kinane, his Tarot Restless project, or art featured on his website.

His new Kickstarter launches soon. Check it out here, when it's available.

Time Stamps:

01:07 – Useless advice on getting booked

• Mentions of Kyle Kinane, 'Trampoline in a Ditch'

02:30 – A goth and a metalhead discuss Marilyn Manson's album 'We Are Chaos'

• Mentions of 'The Pale Emperor', 'Heaven Upside Down', 'God's Gonna Cut You Down', 'The Golden Age of Grotesque', 'Eat Me, Drink Me', 'Antichrist Superstar', 'Portrait of an American Family'

05:40 – "He's a hair's breadth away from being actually cancelled"

06:04 – "Is the 'Trump Effect' actually the Marilyn Manson Effect?"

• Mentions of Donald Trump, Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Regan, Mike Pence, The Nuremberg Trials, Pink Floyd

08:12 – "Mike Pence is irrelevant"

• Mentions of Kenosha's Sheriff, Steve Bannon, Darth Vader, World of Warcraft, Nebraska, Incels, Game of Thrones

11:39 – How fascists infiltrate nerd sub-cultures

• Mentions of My Little Pony, 'The Road'

14:04 – "When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the apocalypse"

• Mentions of 'The Stand', 'Swan Song', Patton Oswalt

15:03 – A brief history of the Tarot Restless Universe

• Mentions of India Weston, Alternate Reality Games, 'Restless', Tarot decks, Dark Souls, Silent Hill

21:28 – "…And you're also a comedian"

22:14 – The Lost Summer of Winslow

24:03 – Protesting and other civic duties

• Mentions of George Floyd, Brave Space Alliance, 'It Could Happen Here', 'Behind The Bastards', Robert Evans, Black Lives Matter

26:07 – "Not doomsday prepping…"

• Mention of suicide, Jon Torres, Don't Tell Comedy

27:33 – Violent Social Justice Fantasies

28:00 – End-times currency

30:38 – Naked Cowboy Summer

32:31 – Awkward, aggressive flirting

• Mentions of depression, low self-esteem, Incels, Social Justice Warlocks

35:20 – Scrutinizing online receipts and how to apologize

• Mentions of Twitter, Facebook

37:27 – "We live in a world that demands constant apology and gives no forgiveness"

40:31 – "People see your crimes, but they don't see you doing the time"

41:13 – How to apologize on Twitter; James Gunn edition

• Mentions of Twitter, Cancel Culture, Disney, 'Guardians of the Galaxy', Louis CK

43:44 – Silly thirst traps

• Mention of Le Aboav, Instagram

44:49 – I was the fat kid

• Mentions of Seattle, Miami, 9/11

45:59 – Winslow was the skinny kid

• Mentions of Anorexia, Self-Loathing

49:04 – "When I started lifting weights, heavy"

49:47 – Working through depression

52:10 – "How has your approach to social media changed?"

53:05 – "Gatorade Should Be Thicker"

53:45 – Mayor of Silent Hill

55:09 – Gatorade Should Be Thicker, explained

• Mentions of Google, Twitter, Jim Gaffigan, "Who Is John Galt?", Cole's Bar, Hannibal Burress, Kyle Kinane, Dave Ross, National Geographic, and old memes: "pee is stored in the balls," throwing car batteries in the lake

59:49 – Success is not overnight

60:55 – Water bottles labelled "CUM!"

• Mentions of The Onion, Facebook, C2E2

1:04:19 – "Judge ask me if I regret I name my son Barp…"

1:06:12 – Media Diet

• Mentions of BLM, don't read 'White Fragility', 'White Rage', The Goon Show, The Firesign Theater, Monty Python, John Cleese, 'So, Anyway', Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, The Simpsons, The Beatles, 'Chernobyl', Marilyn Manson, Black Metal, 'Behind The Bastards', 'Worst Year Ever, 'The Dollop'

1:11:06 – I pitch 'The Wire' to Winslow

• Mentions of 'Fight Club', David Simon, HBO, 'Homicide: Life on the Street', 'True Detective', HP Lovecraft, Silent Hill

1:15:44 – "Where does comedy go from here?"

• Mentions of John McCombs, 'Breaking Into Business', Brooks Wheelan

1:19:05 – My son Barp, Redux

1:20:04 – Final Words

Sabeen Sadiq updates us on her life during the lockdown and takes a stab at the question 'Where Does Comedy Go From Here?'

Sabeen is an actress, producer, and stand-up comic. You may recognize her from the series 'Code Switched', her commercial work, or her time on the 'Wallah, She's Funny' comedy tour.

Time Stamps:

01:30 – "I'm a skincare addict"

01:45 – "I didn't have the funding until the pandemic relief"

02:06 – Dermatologists on Tik Tok

02:23 – "You're THIRTY?!"

02:36 – 'Sex and the City'

02:49 – Online backlash against female creators

• Mentions of 'Twilight', 'Sex and the City', and 'Insecure'

04:40 – Cancelled schedule due to COVID

• Couldn't go on tour, had to stop nannying for money, moved back to parent's house "am I in heaven?", going to therapy for some human connection, solo auditions, making family run lines with her

• Mentions of Stuart Talent and the 'Wallah, She's Funny Tour'

07:39 – The Lottery Commercial

09:08 - The 'Wallah, She's Funny' Tour

• Mentions of Atheer Yacoub, Zainab Johnson, Yasmin Elhady

10:40 – The gradual COVID performance shutdown

• Mention of Strip Joker

11:29 – "Um…What's your job?"

• Mention of Hope Littwin

12:51 – Corporate gigs on Zoom

• Mention of Pat Treuer, Treuer Laughs LLC, Ali Sultan

15:32 – Audience members throwing on tags without heckling

• Mentions of Instagram Live, 'Buns and Bits'

17:56 – Socially-distanced live shows

• Mentions of Zanies, Josh Johnson

20:35 – Trying to find the funny in COVID times

22:01 – Jim Gaffigan's Twitter Tirade

24:55 – "Everyone's cracking a little bit, and it's coming out in weird ways"

25:45 – Self-taping auditions when you live with your parents

26:50 – What is the entertainer's role right now? How have you been helping?

• Mentions of the crisis in Yemen, Dr. Sylvia Chan, Harvard University, Islam

29:34 – "You're doing the work"

31:45 – Internalized Capitalism vs. COVID Lockdown

• Mentions of FOMO, Anxiety, Zion National Park

38:53 – [This bit was stolen from Rachel Feinstein]

39:26 – Meghana Indurti and the Inadvertent Social Media Cleanse

40:44 – Does social media have any utility?

43:12 – Media Diet

• Mentions of Jillian Ebanks, Netflix, 'The West Wing'

44:10 – "I have gotten into… Anime"

• Mentions of 'Your Name', 'Howl's Moving Castle', Hayao Miyazaki, Shonen, Dragon Ball, 'Spirited Away'

46:58 – 'American Horror Story'

• Mentions of 'The Haunting of Hill House', 'Jurassic Park'

47:27 – Losing hours to relationship coaches on Tik Tok

51:20 – 'Space Force'

• We agree the show needs more weight, higher stakes. Needs to go darker

• Sabeen loved the monkey in space

54:08 – "I left and I don't know why"

55:08 – I pitch 'Watchmen' to Sabeen

56:12 – Sabeen stans for 'Baskets'

• Mentions of Louie Anderson, Zach Galifianakis, Hulu

59:28 – Maria Bamford's 'Weakness is the Brand'

1:01:57 – "Where does comedy go from here?"

• Mention of Laugh Factory

1:03:15 – "There was never just one path into comedy"

1:03:55 – "It was so nice meeting you" (our version of "Aloha")

The first installment of Performance Revue's 'Where Does Comedy Go From Here?' is a conversation/interview/check-in with Jillian Ebanks.

Jillian is a comedian, actor, a Bob Curry fellow, a co-producer of B.A.P.S., and a brilliant black woman just trying to survive during a global pandemic in a regressive country.

Jillian's waxing video is now on YouTube! Give it a look: https://youtu.be/-_0sikMMaZQ.

Time Stamps:

01:20 - Recap of Previous Episode Begins

• Mention of Drake

01:55 – "I've toned down my love of rappers"

02:16 – "I'm trying not to idolize celebrity"

• Mentions of Lizzo, Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion

02:52 – "I think celebrity is dangerous"

03:00 – Recapping the "Drake Rant"

04:01 – Recommending 'Unlocked' by Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats

• Mention of Tiana Taylor

05:14 – Harry Potter and the Curse of the TERF Author

• Mentions of J.K. Rowling

08:03 – Lauryn Hill, 'Doo Wop (That Thing)' is a slut-shaming song

• Mention of 'Friday Night Lights'

09:42 – Kanye West is a mental landmine in my randomized playlists

• Mention of Kim Kardashian

12:20 – "I host weekly support meetings for people who have given up their favorite rapper"

• Mention of 'Rami'

13:58 – The Covid Waxing Video

• Inspired by waxing her face during a Zoom call. Improvised performance

17:20 – "Covid Chic"

19:43 – Chicago Winters

21:17 – Will all performances be online?

• Mention of BAPS

23:31 – "I got invited to do a stand-up show in a back yard"

24:38 – "Broadway is closed until January"

25:14 – COVID Begins; the impact on gigs and jobs

27:25 – The governmental response, or lack thereof

• Mention of Bob Curry Fellowship

30:40 – How has COVID changed your comedy?

32:21 – "I haven't been able to find anything funny about Corona Virus, itself"

33:13 – Impact of the George Floyd protests

33:45 – "Even white people are protesting now"

34:14 – "I've never watched any footage. Ever."

• Mentions of Philando Castile, Eric Garner

36:30 – "Being black in America was hard enough"

38:05 – Mention of Colorism

38:30 – Mentions of Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland

39:25 – "Where does comedy go from here?"

40:48 – "We are living in farce"

41:51 – "I write from a source of insecurity"

43:53 – Sidebar on Marxism

44:43 – Fuck Starbucks

44:57 – Internalized Capitalism

46:37 – "I was up for a promotion and I didn't want it"

48:26 – "I feel like I wasted this stay-at-home order"

• Mention of Pro Tools

50:00 – Jillian has a hard time accepting compliments

Life During Quarantine

50:34 – Dating during quarantine

51:49 – Intimacy (or lack thereof) during COVID

53:10 – Addressing priorities and FOMO

54:00 – Roommates and companionship

56:30 – The creative process

57:10 – Jillian accepts the compliment

57:40 – Pay people a living wage (unions are good)

• Jillian talks about working out of a theater in DC

59:28 – "This is the most money I've ever had, and it's because I'm on unemployment. That's not fun for me"

1:01:28 – "This feels like 2008 all over again"

1:02:10 – My biggest investing win

1:03:30 – How industries and jobs are changing

1:05:06 – "We have no national guidance"

1:05:44 – "I'm not a sharp enough satirist to satirize what's going on right now"

• The Banana Republicans sketch

1:06:52 – Political false equivalency, "Why are we appeasing racists?"

1:08:30 – Mitch McConnell can die

1:08:36 – Media Diet

1:09:35 – Jillian Recommends HBO's 'Watchmen' and 'Gentefied'

1:09:55 – We review 'Veep'

• Neither of us liked it, but we respect the effort by the talent involved

1:11:31 – Jillian's criteria for consuming quarantine media

1:12:16 – For the record, 'Insecure' is an amazing show

1:12:25 – Jillian recommends 'Rami', 'Snowpiercer', 'I May Destroy You', and 'Killing Eve'

1:14:35 – Jillian does not recommend 'Ozark'

1:14:45 – I recommend 'The West Wing'

• Stark contrast between the show and the Trump administration

1:15:49 – "It's hard to watch newer shows right now"

1:16:02 – Jillian enthusiastically recommends 'Hamilton'

• Mention of Daveed Diggs

1:16:48 – We both recommend 'Blindspotting', 'Black Panther', and 'Into The Spiderverse'

• Mention of Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods'

1:18:10 – We both recommend 'Always Be My Maybe'

1:18:53 - Jillian pitches me on 'The Lovebirds'

1:20:17 – I pitch Jillian on 'The Witcher'

• Mention of 'Game of Thrones'

1:21:30 – No black main character in 'The Witcher' (Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla Vigo notwithstanding)

1:21:54 – "Storse material"

1:22:28 – Jillian recommends the new 'Charmed' reboot

1:23:07 – First impressions of 'Space Force'

• Something is missing from the show, even though it has a lot of talent involved

• Show is trying too hard. Too much going on.

• Mentions of 'The Office', Steve Carrell, 'High Fidelity', Tawny Newsome, Lisa Kudrow, Zoey Kravitz

1:27:23 – Jillian can't stop watching 'Hamilton'

1:27:56 – I stan for 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

1:28:20 - Jillian stans for 'Hamilton'

1:30:48 – "I love fantasy, I just don't feel represented in fantasy"

• Mention of Disney, Avengers, 'Endgame'

1:34:29 – Disney corporation constantly changes laws on public domain

• Factual Error: Ron DeSantis is the Governor of Florida, not Rick Scott. I confused one anthropomorphic sack of turds for another.

• Mentions of Disney World, Disney Land, Michael Eisner, Rick Scott, Stacy Abrams, Andrew Gillam, Beto O'Rourke, Lori Lightfoot

1:36:40 – Possible futures for media production and live performance

• Mentions of 'Euphoria', Zendaya, John David Washington, Leslie Odom Jr., 'The Winter Soilder'

1:39:04 – "All the things we want, we can have. We just don't want to wait for them"

1:39:40 – Final Thoughts

• Recommendations for 'Pose' and 'Disclosure'

A short primer for Performance Revue's 3rd season.

The first 3 episodes will revolve around the question "Where does comedy go from here?" Featuring Jillian Ebanks, Sabeen Sadiq, and Winslow Dumaine.

Episodes 4-6 are socially distanced interviews featuring Sohrab Forouzesh, Rodescu Hopkins, and Devin Middleton.

The last 4 episodes were recorded in the Before Times with Jamie Shriner-Biddle, Spencer Blair, Brittani Ferguson, and Amy Sumpter.

The ever-hilarious Marilee discusses Tiffany Haddish, auditioning for 'Empire', creating a fantasy draft for potential husbands, plans for her future wedding, and more!

Season 2 is going out in style with the amazing Marilee!

Marilee Pheniece Dale-Williams, colloquially known as Marilee, can take any premise and push it well beyond anyone's comfort zone. All with an irreverent, biting, anti-patriarchal edge.

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